She’s saying that the CIA searched Senate committee computers without any prior notification. The agency allegedly tapped into files that aides were using to securely review CIA documents on its secret detention program.

“I have grave concerns that the CIA’s search may well have violated the separation-of-powers principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution,” Dianne Feinstein said in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday. Read

Zach Galifianakis has interviewed everyone from Justin Bieber to Bruce Willis in his Funny or Die show Between Two Ferns.
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In the latest installment of the show, Galifianakis stepped up his game and interviewed President Obama. The video runs just over six minutes and it’s just as hilarious as the rest of the Between Two Ferns episodes.

Much like some of the other celebrities, Obama pokes fun at Galifianakis in order to upset him. Although everything is scripted, the faux interview is one of the funniest skits, featuring the president’s lighter side. Read

Sharyl Attkisson is resigning from CBS News over what she considers to be a liberal bias by the network.

The Republican reporter had been talking to the network about getting out of her contract since last April and they finally granted her wish. Attkisson said that she no longer felt supported by CBS News after two decades with the network.
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She says that CBS News’ liberal bias along with “the outsize influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting” led to her decision. Read

The amount of marijuana sold for recreational use in January totaled up to $14.02 million. The $2 million in taxes comes from both a 12.9% sales tax and a 15% excise tax. Local government has the ability to levy marijuana taxes, which would affect 160 legal marijuana shops, reports Fox News.

State officials are working to dictate how the money from the marijuana taxes will be spent. Officials are already planning to spend the first $40 million for school construction. Other options include using some of the money to fund PSAs warning kids not to take the drug or drive while high, Fox News notes. Read

Taking upskirt photos in Massachusetts is now banned after the state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Wednesday that the photos are legal in the state.
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Governor Deval Patrick signed the proposed bill on Friday morning that bans taking upskirt photos, also known as “upskirting.” State lawmakers passed the bill unanimously which outlaws photographs of “sexual or other intimate parts” of women or children in public on Thursday.

The original Massachusetts law only banned taking “nude or partial nude” photos of people in dressing rooms and bathrooms. Read

The court’s ruling wasn’t a result of the judges’ moral beliefs on the subject of upskirt photos, but was instead the result of poor wording in the state’s law. According to Massachusetts law, people are only protected by Peeping Tom laws concerning photographs if they are “nude or partially nude” in a dressing room or bathroom. As such, the law does not protect women in public who have upskirt photos taken of them due to the fact that they are fully dressed, reports The Kansas City Star.

“There could be challenges, saying, ‘You know what? They were not really nude in that part of the picture,’” Anne Bremner, a legal expert from Seattle, Wash., told ABC News. “That statute really talks about somebody’s nudity and not their privacy.” Read

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